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Corporate eLearning
UKS Joins the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG)
Dubai (UAE), August 2008 - Universal Knowledge Solutions (UKS), a learning-solutions enabler from the Middle East, has become an affiliate member of the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG), an open consortium of leading providers in the field of innovative knowledge and learning solutions. A prominent goal of the cooperation is to collaborate in activating the same level of private-public partnership in the Middle East that is shaping the European learning-solution space. » MORE
Mix of Strategic Design Skills and Experience
London (UK), August 2008 - LINE Communications, a British provider of learning and communications solutions, has launched the Learning Design Academy, a programme to develop the innovative Learning Designers of the future. » MORE
Oracle Buys Global Knowledge Software
Redwood Shores, CA (USA), August 2008 - Oracle Corp. has bought Global Knowledge Software LLC, a developer of enterprise software training automation tools. GKS develops tools for building self-service training courses for enterprise software vendors, including Oracle, Microsoft, and SAP. Its former parent, Global Knowledge Training LLC, sells IT and business training services. » MORE
Regional Online-Training for Small Business Owners
Longmont, CO (USA), August 2008 - Destination University, the online training library created exclusively for small business owners, will be accessible to 32 "Main Street New Jersey" downtown districts. Main Street New Jersey, through a grant to the Center for Non-Profits, will bring the Destination University training offerings to all downtown business owners located in their program's Main Street communities. » MORE
Harvard Business Publishing Award 2008
Boston, MA (USA) / Basel (CH), August 2008 - In an awards ceremony in Boston, BRIDGE2THINK Group, with activities in Europe, Asia, and Australia, was named the best Global Partner by Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) for the third time in a row. In addition, the management-development vendor received the award as HBP's most successful partner in Europe. » MORE
Create Vast Interaction Libraries Offline
Jersey City, NJ (USA), August 2008 - In a bid to combine the advantages of offline and online authoring, Brainvisa recently added an MS Excel converter to the online rapid-eLearning tool RapideL-i. This new feature allows users to simply select the list of interactivities or templates required for a course from a given MS Excel sheet. » MORE
IMC Positioned in Visionaries Quadrant of Gartner
Saarbruecken (GER), July 2008 - IMC AG, a leading European provider of learning technologies has announced that it has been positioned in the Visionaries Quadrant of the 2008 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems (CLS). The Magic Quadrant positions vendors in a particular market segment according to their completeness of vision and their ability to execute that vision. » MORE
Trainer1 Offers the Latest in Mobile Learning Technology
London (UK), July 2008 - Trainer1, the vendor-neutral eLearning specialist that has become the UK's only authorised training centre and re-seller for the authoring tool ToolBook, has revealed that the tool's producer - SumTotal Systems - is about to release ToolBook 9.5. Trainer1's Neil Lasher explained: "The launch of ToolBook 9 some fourteen months ago saw a major change in the product. Among other things, it became a 32-bit product, with an improved user interface." » MORE
Communities to Get Improved eLearning Systems
Las Vegas, NV (USA), July 2008 - Blackboard Inc., a provider of enterprise technology, has announced several new agreements with clients that will bring its eLearning solutions and mass-notification services to a number of state and system-wide communities. » MORE
China Distance Education registers for IPO
New York, NY (USA), July 2008 - China Distance Education Holdings Ltd., a provider of online education and test preparation courses, plans an initial public offering of American Depositary Shares, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The Beijing-based company did not disclose the expected size or price range of its IPO, but indicated that the offering price may total up to $115 million. China Distance Education noted, however, that the estimated total offering price may change. » MORE
